A very insightful interview with Professor Roy Foster, one of Ireland's most distinguished historians (and WCHF contributor), on RTE 1's Drivetime. It was broadcast on 30 August - click here and listen from about 1:40. Foster refers in the interview to Cambridge historian Brendan Sims, who spoke at our 2019 Festival.

Foster, who lives in Britain, is particularly critical of British Conservative politicians and their ignorance of Ireland and Irish history. In the interview he comments:  "... from the 1980s on .... the atttiude of British politicians towards Ireland has been in the main thoughtful and well-meaning.... All that has now gone into reverse.... Anglo-Irish relations are now at a worse point than they have been since the early 1970s and for completely unnecessary reasons."